- These images were done with a narrative intention to show busy intersection in Toronto. I think that these images could be easily adapted to advertising or marketing purposes if all the people were holding the exact same bag.
- I was inspired by images by Peter Funch who made composites with a "similars" theme. My concept was to take this theme with different perspectives of shopping at two large intersections in Toronto. With shopping and purchasing items, there is a distinction between what is needed and what is wanted. At Toronto Dundas Square, shoppers exit a large shopping mall and I selected for men holding pink bag to represent more frivolous purchases where as in Chinatown, people use the practical carts to get their groceries for the week.
How I made these composites
- I set up my tripod and I waited for a few hours, waiting for my subject to enter the frame. I needed to get the people of interest in different positions, so I took hundreds of photos and organized the positioning of the subjects in post processing.
- I also took a photo with no people in it to act my canvas. I then selected my subjects one at a time, copied it, then special paste (paste in place) onto my canvas frame.
